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An Asian water monitor [Varanus salvator salvator (Laurenti, 1768). This sub-species is endemic in Sri Lanka.
The Asian water monitor is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and coastal northeast India to Indochina, Malay Peninsula, and Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. It is among the largest squamates in the world.
The Asian water monitor is also called Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard and no-mark lizard, as well as simply water monitor.
Breeding maturity is attained for males when they are a relatively modest 40 cm (16 in) long and weigh 1 kg (2.2 lb), and for females at 50 cm (20 in). However, they grow much larger throughout life, with males being larger than females. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m (4.9–6.6 ft) in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m (10.5 ft). A common mature weight of V. salvator can be 19.5 kg (43 lb). However, 80 males killed for the leather trade in Sumatra averaged only 3.42 kg (7.5 lb) and 56.6 cm (22.3 in) snout-to-vent and 142 cm (56 in) in total length; 42 females averaged only 3.52 kg (7.8 lb) and 59 cm (23 in) snout-to-vent and 149.6 cm (58.9 in) in total length, although unskinned outsized specimens weighed 16 to 20 kg (35 to 44 lb).
Another study from the same area by the same authors similarly estimated mean body mass for mature specimens at 20 kg (44 lb) while yet another study found a series of adults to weigh 7.6 kg (17 lb). The maximum weight of the species is over 50 kg (110 lb). In exceptional cases, the species has been reported to reach 75 to 90 kg (165 to 198 lb), though most such reports are unverified and may be unreliable.
They are the world's second-heaviest lizard, after the Komodo dragon. Their bodies are muscular, with long, powerful, laterally compressed tails. The scales in this species are keeled; scales found on top of the head have been noted to be larger than those located on the back. Water monitors are often defined by their dark brown or blackish coloration with yellow spots found on their underside- these yellow markings have a tendency to disappear gradually with age. This species is also denoted by the blackish band with yellow edges extending back from each eye.
These monitors have very long necks and an elongated snout. They use their powerful jaws, serrated teeth and sharp claws for both predation and defense. In captivity, Asian water monitors' life expectancy has been determined to be anywhere between 11–25 years depending on conditions, in the wild it is considerably shorter.
The Asian water monitor is widely distributed from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the Chinese Guangxi and Hainan provinces, Malaysia, Singapore to the Sunda islands Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo and Sulawesi. It inhabits primarily lowland freshwater and brackish wetlands. It has been recorded up to an altitude of 1,800 m (5,900 ft).
Asian water monitors are semiaquatic and opportunistic; they inhabit a variety of natural habitats though predominantly this species resides in primary forests and mangrove swamps. It has been noted that these monitors are not deterred from living in areas of human disturbance. In fact, they have been known to adapt and thrive in agricultural areas as well as cities with canal systems (such as in Sri Lanka, where they are not hunted or persecuted by humans). This species does not thrive in habitats with extensive loss of natural vegetation and aquatic resources. Habitats that are considered to be most important to this species are mangrove vegetation, swamps, wetlands, and altitudes below 1000 meters.
Water monitors defend themselves using their tails, claws, and jaws. They are excellent swimmers, using the raised fin on their tails to steer through water. They are carnivores, and consume a wide range of prey. They are known to eat fish, frogs, rodents, birds, crabs, and snakes. They have also been known to eat turtles, as well as young crocodiles and crocodile eggs. Water monitors have been observed eating catfish in a fashion similar to a mammalian carnivore, tearing off chunks of meat with their sharp teeth while holding it with their front legs and then separating different parts of the fish for sequential consumption.
In dominantly aquatic habitats their semiaquatic behavior is considered to provide a measure of safety from predators. Paired with their generalist diet, this is thought to contribute to their ecological plasticity.ref name=IUCN /> When hunted by predators such as the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) they will climb trees using their powerful legs and claws. If this evasion is not enough to escape danger, they have also been known to jump from trees into streams for safety, a tactic similar to that of the green iguana (Iguana iguana).[19]
Like the Komodo dragon, the water monitor will often eat carrion. They have a keen sense of smell and can smell a carcass from far away. They are known to feed on dead human bodies. While on the one hand their presence can be helpful in locating a missing person in forensic investigations, on the other hand they can inflict further injuries to the corpse, complicating ascertainment of the cause of death.
The first description of the water monitor and its behaviour in English literature was made in 1681 by Robert Knox, who observed it during his long confinement in the Kingdom of Kandy: “There is a Creature here called Kobberaguion, resembling an Alligator. The biggest may be five or six feet long, speckled black and white. He lives most upon the Land, but will take the water and dive under it: hath a long blue forked tongue like a sting, which he puts forth and hisseth and gapeth, but doth not bite nor sting, tho the appearance of him would scare those that knew not what he was. He is not afraid of people, but will lie gaping and hissing at them in the way, and will scarce stir out of it. He will come and eat Carrion with the Dogs and Jackals, and will not be scared away by them, but if they come near to bark or snap at him, with his tail, which is long like a whip, he will so slash them, that they will run away and howl.”
Water monitors should be handled with care since they have many sharp teeth and can give gashing bites that can sever tendons and veins, causing extensive bleeding. The bite of a large pet water monitor was described by its American owner as being worse than that of a rattlesnake.
Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
LCD monitor is a display device, the most common form of outut device- present output visually, typically on some type of computer screen.
top row:
2 x Acer Ferrari 20 inches; LCD's (3360 x 2100)
bottom row:
1 x Dell 20 inches; (1200 x 1600 portrait)
1 x Dell 24 inches; (1920 x 1200 landscape)
1 x Dell 20 inches; (1200 x 1600 portrait)
Taken with an Olympus EPL-One and a Lumix 20mm 1.7 pancake lens
Enhancements have been made to the Batman Armory by GeeWhiz Customs and it has been expanded to depict the Dark Knight's subterranean portside hideout in The Dark Knight Movie.
Entitled "Batcave 2.0", the scaled model set was entered into the annual diorama contest and was given the "Toycon's Choice" Award in the recently concluded 10th Philippine Toy Convention.
The new armory features a movie-accurate design with a weaponry display and an optional 1/6 scale empty cowl mask. A Second-level diorama of the Portside Ground Level featuring a Wayne Enterprises Container Van and perimeter fencing is an optional addition.
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My dad's music setup. Powering that computer in the photo is a Macintosh G4, but the computer has since been upgraded.
It was a few days into our trip when we saw our first water monitor. Once we'd spotted one we noticed them all over the place!!!
My first quick (before going home from work) attempt at a transparent monitor picture. Colors are bad, the monitor background image is blurry and the monitor placement (or camera position) could be better. I'll make other attempts some other time.
Lunchtime at the house, something rustles around the corner and a moment later the comrade comes around the corner.
He looks past, tongue flickering, in search of food. A good meter long and not at all shy, he tries to get onto our terrace. The broom is within reach and is easily used to direct the lizard in a different direction. A hiss is the response, but after several gentle pressures, the reptile clears the area and goes to the neighboring house.
The USS Monitor was the revolutionary all iron design with the world's first nautical rotating gun turret. It was designed by John Ericsson and financed and promoted to the Navy by Madison's Cornelius Scranton Bushnell. When the Union learned that the Confederates were building an iron clad ship to fight against Federal blockades of Southern ports, it quickly countered with the Monitor. See www.madisonhistory.org/uss-monitor/ for the whole story. The Monitor's most notable engagement was against the CSS Virginia (a.k.a USS Merrimack) during America's Civil War at Hampton Roads, Va. in March of 1862.
This is a large (1/4"=1' scale) museum-quality wooden model of the USS Monitor in its battle-ready appearance. The model was built in the early 1970's by Arthur G. Henning, Inc, 17 South 3rd Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550, to exact measurements from archival blueprints. It is a duplicate of the model ship on display at the Smithsonian, which the Henning firm also produced. According to the firm, ours has more detail inside the turret. The ship model includes an anchor and the Ericsson-designed propellor. Painted flat black with red-lead colored hull. The ship model is 43 1/2" long X 10 3/4" wide X 6 1/2" high. It was commissioned by Dr. Philip S. Platt, a previous MHS President, in 1974 for $1,200. It was donated by him to be part of the 1974 MHS exhibit about Cornelius Bushnell and the Monitor.
ACC# 1974.016.002
See other USS Monitor-related images at flic.kr/s/aHBqjzRDR2. (Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Kentmere 400 shot with Leica Ic and Voigtlander 21mm Color Skopar. Developed in Cinestill Df96 monobath for 7 minutes at 70° F.
An Indian Monitor Lizard, basking discreetly, from the sanctuary of a tree hole.
From Gir NP, November 2024
top row:
2 x Acer Ferrari 20 inches; LCD's (3360 x 2100)
bottom row:
1 x Dell 20 inches; (1200 x 1600 portrait)
1 x Dell 24 inches; (1920 x 1200 landscape)
1 x Dell 20 inches; (1200 x 1600 portrait)
Taken with a Blackberry 9700. January 2010
A railway-side landscape seen through a chain-link fence.
Tracks, barbed wire, utility structures, and a security camera sign form a quiet system of restriction — a place organized by lines, warnings, and distance.
Part of my ongoing observations of human-altered landscapes and urban edges around Osaka.
Track Condition Monitoring Unit class 153 no. 153379 passes Copmanthorpe on 28th June 2026, working 2Q16 from Wigan Station Junction to Slateford depot, Edinburgh.